754 ox THE VOLCANO OP TAAL, 



MORINGACE^. 



59. MoRlXGA PTERYGOSPERMA, Gaertii. Mariiiigay and Calun- 



gay, Tagalo ; Kelor, Malay. This is the well-known horse-radish 



tree ; cultivated throughout the East, includiag the Philippine 



Islands. The flowers, foliage and fruit are eaten by the natives, 



and the rasped root employed as a substitute for horse-radish. 



From the seeds is expressed the oil of Ben so highly esteemed by 



watchmakers, and not becoming rancid by age. It is perfectly 



insipid and inodorous, and used for extracting the fragrancy of 



jasmine, orange, Acacia farnesiana, &c. The cultivation of this 



tree dates from considerable antiquity, and its medicinal virtues 



are equally esteemed by all the Malay races. Rumphius and 



Horsfield have celebrated its virtues, the former more than two 



centuries ago. From it was derived the lignum nephriticum, a drug 



much used in renal diseases. The ripe seeds and the unripe seeds 



known in Europe as Nux Behan, are also sold as a drug. The 



leaves are used as a vescicatory ; in short the list of the virtues of 



this tree is a long one. The Tagalo name Calungay is applied to 



three different trees, the above, the Antiaris or Upas, and the tree 



which is said to show signs of feeling when wounded by shrinking, 



groaning, &c. 



LEGUMINOS^. 



60. Crotallaria linifolia, L. Gering-Geringan, Malay, This 

 is a large genus numbering l^etween 100 and 200 species dispersed 

 over the warmer regions of the whole world, producing one 

 of the sunn-hemps of commerce, which rivals the jute almost 

 in usefulness. Crotallarias or "rattles" of several kinds are 

 amonsst the commonest weeds in the East and Philippines. 



61. Crotallaria quinquefolia, L. 



62. Crotallaria linifolia, L. 



63. Indigofera tinctoria, L. Anil, Tagalo ; Tarum-kembang, 

 also Nila, Malay ; Sanscrit, Nili ; Chinese (Punti) Tin, Man- 

 darine Tien ; Japanese Koma-Isunagi. Our own name Indigo is 



